Patrick O. Strickland

Patrick O. Strickland is the Jerusalem correspondent for MintPress News and reports on Israel and the Palestinian territories. Strickland has been reporting from the Middle East since July 2011, and his articles have appeared in Al Jazeera English, AlterNet, TruthOut, Huffington Post, In These Times and others. He has also written essays in theoretical journals, such as International Socialist Review and New Politics. Follow him on Twitter: @P_Strickland_

Israel Continues To Criminalise Marking Nakba Day

Although Israel’s Nakba Law has yet to be technically implemented, human rights groups and activists say it has a dangerous deterrent effect and is meant to intimidate Palestinians and others who view Israel’s establishment as a day of mourning for Palestinians who were forced out of their homes in 1948.

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By Patrick O. Strickland

Haifa - Each year on May 15, Palestinians across the world commemorate the Nakba (catastrophe), or the 1948 establishment of Israel that led to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians being displaced from their homeland. The estimated 1.7 million Palestinians who carry Israeli citizenship and live in villages, towns and cities across the country

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This Is Not A Test: Israeli Harassment Of Palestinian TV Stations

For Palestinian broadcasters, raids, closures and censorship at the hands of Israeli forces seem to be just the cost of doing business.

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By Patrick O. Strickland
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RAMALLAH, the occupied West Bank – Sitting in a hotel café in Ramallah, Moammar Orabi, general director of a Palestinian news agency, lights a cigarette and describes a history of harassment from both Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Orabi, who has been the general director of Al-Wattan TV for nearly 13 years, explains that the agency has

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Israeli Government Continuously Targeting Palestinian Christian Village

“[Israel] does not want to allow a precedent of people returning to their villages and staying there permanently, so they are increasingly aggressively pushing them out.”

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By Patrick O. Strickland
Iqrit

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank -- Three Palestinian citizens of Israel were arrested on Sunday morning during a confrontation with Israeli police and land authorities who had raided an activist camp in the village of Iqrit, located near the Lebanese border in Israel’s northern Galilee region. The three young men who were arrested were Wlaa Sbeit,

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Israel Stokes Sectarianism Between Palestinian Christians And Muslims

In targeting Palestinian Christians for military service, Israel draws “sectarian” lines that some have compared to policies in effect in apartheid South Africa and French-ruled Algeria.

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By Patrick O. Strickland
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HAIFA, Israel --- Ameer Ashqar’s grandparents were driven from Iqrit, a village in northern Galilee, during the 1948 fighting and expulsion of Palestinians that led to the establishment of Israel. Just months after the country’s founding, Iqrit was captured and occupied by the newly-formed Israeli military. It was then depopulated and eventually

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Hunger-Striking Palestinian Prisoners Take Forefront As Negotiations Collapse

Palestinian prisoners have been on a hunger strike for about a month — an event that has out-lasted the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian talks but has received far less attention.

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By Patrick O. Strickland
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RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank --- Since Israel imprisoned her husband last fall, Muntaha al-Tawil, also known as Umm Abdullah, has not been allowed to see or communicate with him.   As the prospect of reviving U.S.-sponsored negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority becomes less likely, Palestinian prisoners have become a focal

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WATCH: Palestinian Student Activists Claim Discrimination And Excessive Police Force During Protests

Palestinian students studying at Israeli universities are finding it increasingly difficult — and dangerous — to make their opinions be heard when they protest on campuses.

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By Patrick O. Strickland

EAST JERUSALEM, occupied Palestinian territory -- Farah Bayadsi lifted up the sleeve of her shirt to show a black-and-blue handprint on the inside of her left arm, a bruise inflicted by an Israeli police officer who arrested her last week. The officer grabbed her aggressively, Bayadsi, 23, told MintPress, although “I knew I wasn’t doing anything

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Palestinians Challenge Movement Restrictions In Marathon

The Palestine Marathon gives runners an opportunity to challenge and bring attention to the way Israel restricts movement and freedom of Palestinians in the territory.

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By Patrick O. Strickland
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BETHLEHEM, occupied West Bank --- Regretting that she did not participate in the first Palestine Marathon in 2013, Diala Isid trained for the past nine months for this year’s run. On April 11, more than 3,000 participants from 39 countries ran in the 2014 Palestine Marathon, the second annual running competition in the West Bank city of

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